Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

each year, unless said day shall be a
legal holiday, then said meeting
shall be held, on the day next sue
ceeding. This year the first Mon
day in July being the Fourth, a
legal holiday, Tuesday, the 9th, will
be the lawful time, Such meeting
shall be held at seven O'clock in the
afternoon, unless otherwise provided
by vote of the district, duly re-
corded at the last annual meeting.
AMONG the popular myths of the
time is the ice-cream girl. The para
graphs about the ice-cream girl,
kept standing in all newspaper
offices for summer use, are based on
delusion. a very thorough search
has failed to reveal the existence of
the girl who is always yearning for
ice-cream aud who is capable of
eating an unlimited number OF dish
es. An investigator has been un-
able to find any girl who can be
persuaded to eat more than one
gallon of ice-cream. The ice-cream
girl belongs with Washington's
little hatchet aud with Capt. John
Smiths salvation story.
A QUIET wedding took place at
the residence of Mrs. S. Robson,
at noon, on Wednesday, in the
presence of the immediate relatives,
Rev. A. NJ. Pitcher officiating. The
high contracting parties were Mr..
David Davies, of DodgeviIle, and
Miss Lizzie Robson, of this city
The happy couple took the noon
train for a wedding trip, carrying
with them the congratulations and
good wishes of many friends, with
whom the TRIBUNE heartily joins
/ The bride figures among the sweet.
est and most accomplished young
ladies of Mineral Point, while the
groom is regarded by all who know
him as worthy the treasure he has
! won.
THE prolonged dry spell OF
weather was broken last Saturday
evening. The farm industry was
well represented in this city during
the day. The forlorn, hopeless look
was stamped on the copntenance of
all, and the towuspeople in general
! Joined with them in their state OF
encouragement. Upon the appear
ance of the gathering storm, how.
ever, the spirits of the husbandmau
revived to a bubbling-over degree
and many of them remained In the
city to celebrate the event, which
was done right royalty. Several OF
our citizens united in the celebra
tion, and ere long no doubt thought
they too were farmers. Others
seemed eager for another privilege
to ride in the rain, as they started
/ for home needless of now ii poured
AT the temperance camp meeting
in Dodgeyile this week the attend.
ance was not quite as large as was
hoped for, still they had fair audi
ences and enthusiastic meetings
The first speaker, Col. Geo. w Balm
of Kentucky, is an eloquent orator
and gave an address entirely devoid
of sarcasm or abuse. He made a
very favorable impression which
some of the after speakers did much
to destroy The music by the Silver
Lake Quartette was exceedingly
good and was a material factor in
making the meetings success. The
attendance was larger on Wednes
day, the last day, than at any other
1t was the time for St. Johns ap
pearance, and the desire to see this
gentleman was greater than to hear
him. In point of ability and elo
quence some Of the other speakers
were his superiors, particularly BaiE.
THERE will be grand celebration
and basket picnic at the beautiful
grove, one-half mile south of the
Yellowstone church, July 4th. Hon
g. G. Cox, president; Rev. }. K
Webster, Chaplain; Chas. g. Wool
cock, reader; Rev. WI. G. Bond, ora